This handbook is an up-to-date examination of advances in the fields of juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice that includes interdisciplinary perspectives from leading scholars and practitioners.

• Examines advances in the fields of juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice with interdisciplinary perspectives from leading scholars and practitioners
• Provides a current state of both fields, while also assessing where they have been and defining where they should go in years to come
• Addresses developments in theory, research, and policy, as well as cultural...

Bringing a timely synthesis to the field, The Handbook of Law and Society presents a comprehensive overview of key research findings, theoretical developments, and methodological controversies in the field of law and society.

• Provides illuminating insights into societal issues that pose ongoing real-world legal problems
• Offers accessible, succinct overviews with in-depth coverage of each topic, including its evolution, current state, and directions for future research
• Addresses a wide range of emergent topics in law and society and revisits...

An indispensable resource for all levels, this handbook provides up-to-date, in-depth summaries of the most important theories in criminology.

• Provides original, cutting-edge, and in-depth summaries of the most important theories in criminology
• Covers the origins and assumptions behind each theory, explores current debates and research, points out knowledge gaps, and offers directions for future research
• Encompasses theory, research, policy, and practice, with recommendations for further reading at the end of each essay
• Features discussions of...

The Handbook of Deviance is a definitive reference for professionals, researchers, and students that provides a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the sociology of deviance.

• Composed of over 30 essays written by an international array of scholars and meticulously edited by one of the best known authorities on the study of deviance
• Features chapters on cutting-edge topics, such as terrorism and environmental degradation as forms of deviance
• Each chapter includes a critical review of what is known about the topic, the current status of the...

The Handbook of Homicide presents a series of original essays by renowned authors from around the world, reflecting the latest scholarship on the nature, causes, and patterns of homicide, as well as policies and practices for its investigation and prevention.

• Includes comprehensive coverage of the complex phenomenon of homicide and its various forms
• Features original contributions from an esteemed team of global experts and scholars with chapters highlighting the authors' original research
• Represents the first internationally-focused collection of the...

The Handbook of the Criminology of Terrorism features a collection of essays that represent the most recent criminological research relating to the origins and evolution of, along with responses to, terrorism, from a criminological perspective.

• Offers an authoritative overview of the latest criminological research into the causes of and responses to terrorism in today's world
• Covers broad themes that include terrorism's origins, theories, methodologies, types, relationship to other forms of crime, terrorism and the criminal justice system, ways to counter...